Are humans a benefit to the planet?

Answer 1

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The earth would crumble in defeat of the humans. everything would restore to its natural order, once human infested skyscrapers, now homes for the advanced plants and animals. at about 200,000 years, you would have to look in the deep underground Britain tunnels to see any proof of us existing. at about 300,000 years, there is absolutely no proof of us existing on earth. the moon, however, would hold our artifacts left there. cases left on earth, such as safes, holding millions of paper dollars inside would cease to exist at about 450,000 ahd.( after human disappearance at about 4.5 billion years, the earth would cease to exist due to the suns disappearance Answer The Earth would look the same from space except for the absence of generated light.

Answer 2

Humans can have both positive and negative impacts on the planet. While humans have the ability to innovate and create positive change, the scale of human activities such as deforestation and pollution can have detrimental effects on the environment. It ultimately depends on how humans choose to interact with and manage their impact on the planet.

Answer 3

The Environment would be in pristine condition, there would be no pollutants or human inventions sprawling across the land. As for the animals, i think the Animal kingdom would be more violent as there would be no Humans at the top of the chain to pick off other animals so it would leave the higher tier of Animals in the chain with all the power: And I think they'd take what they, when they want it and what we consider to be "Domestic Animals" Dogs, Cats, etc would all be much more violent and there would probably more of them because there'd be nothing stopping their breeding, like we do.

Answer 4

If there were no humans, then the planet Earth would just be another planet in our solar system, because we are the only (known) evolved creatures in this galaxy. For any other living beings in the universe, what we know as earth, would be some unknown feature to look at, and wonder what odd creatures live on it. Regular animals, like dogs, cats, birds, etc. would still be living. the gorillas, or any others of that species would probably be the evolved ones. There would be no buildings, electricity, or any other man made items (obviously). The world might be much, much more or much, much, less chaotic. There would be no-one to control the animals and make sure they are calm. There would also be no animal abuse and destroying of habitats.

No-one would know anything about, or care about space, earth, or the importance of, humans.

Answer 5

That's an interesting question. Perhaps better, and perhaps another sentient species would have evolved and, done exactly the same, or worse. The point is that we ARE here. So let's at least make the best of our short lives.

Answer 6

It isn't. The world was made by God for human beings which he also created.

I know that you're just trying to get a "Think Green" we're causing global warming message out by asking this.

That has no place here friend.

If humans didn't exist the world would be better because the balance of the world would go back to normal and the animals and nature would not go extinct

Answer 7

Answer Some could argue it either way, the planet would have continued business as normal if life had never made it to Earth. Unfortuantely, we have used the planet to the point that if we were gone, the planet would, for all intensive purposes, collapse. Some say that humanity is like a virus, spreading, adapting, consuming, then moving on. Essentially it could go either way. Answer Human beings are part of the planet, simply another organism that burrows, builds, consumes, creates waste, reproduces, and dies. The word 'benefit' really has no meaning except in a context relating to other human beings. Even the major extinction events occurring in geologic time have been considered 'beneficial' to the development of lifeforms following the event. The Earth will not collapse if we were to leave tomorrow, rather it would simply follow a new course. It would not be better and it would not be worse; just different.

Answer 8

It's hard to imagine our planet without life: for one thing, we wouldn't be here to do the imagining!

But there are two ways to consider this thought experiment. First, what would happen if the Earth were sterilized (by an asteroid impact or something similar)? Second, what if animal life had never developed in the first place?

The first possibility is actually somewhat easier. Just look at the planets Venus and Mars: one became too hot due to a runaway greenhouse effect, and the other lost its water to the solar wind when it lost its magnetic field (from its core cooling solid). Both are now considered sterile; though some scientists hold out hope that there might still be bacterial life hidden beneath Mars's surface.

Some of the results from the second possibility might surprise you. For one thing, flowers and fruit trees would likely never have evolved: they depend on insects and other animals to cross-pollinate them and distribute their seeds. Overall biodiversity (the number of different species) would also be much lower, since without competition, one type of plant would come to dominate each habitat.

Answer 9

Yes indeed humans are needed on this beautiful earth.

Answer 10

The world wouldn't die. The population of animals would flourish. And there would definitely be less pollution. It would actually be for the better of the animals.